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Dewson & Concord

Dewson St & Concord Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 9, Davenport

In Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto, Dewson & Concord is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 635 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,509
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 26, 2012
721 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 9 property damage · #4048 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Ossington Station 635 m · 2 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 17 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 190 vehicles an hour, 16% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.1 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 1.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Dewson & Concord

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)635 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)857 m; Christie Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
506505 nearest 312 m
TTC bus
639416129402126 nearest 102 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306305363300329
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Dewson St installed 2015
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Dewson St 27 m · 17 docks · 24 stations, 432 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (32)
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 133 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 274 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 481 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 486 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 536 m
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 595 m
  • and 26 more
Parks (23)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch418 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch813 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 351 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Finch Store, 4 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 351 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Finch Store · 42 Dewson St4 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave31 mPassed, Feb 2026
All Is Well Cafe · 456 Ossington Ave276 mPassed, Apr 2026
Disco Ice Cream and Cookies · 454 Ossington Ave280 mPassed, Mar 2026
Mayil Coffee · 870 College St281 mPassed, Sep 2026
Ins Market 5569 · 834 College Stgrocery292 mPassed, May 2026
A & W · 832 College St295 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Black Knight · 858 College St297 mPassed, Jun 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 573 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 524 m away at Fred Hamilton Playground.

  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    573 m
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    587 m
  • Bickford Park Washroom · 400 Grace St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    687 m
Drinking water
Fred Hamilton Playground drinking fountain · 524 m; Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 563 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,487 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dewson Street YMCA (133 m, 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,487 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 17
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    133 m
  • Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) · 860 College St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    264 m
  • West End Jr YMCA · 931 College St
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    369 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Satellite · 380 Ossington Ave
    112 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    481 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (606 m) and the nearest ambulance station 687 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.6 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 606 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 687 m760 Dovercourt Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,078 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 46 Delaware Ave (160 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 2007), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Four buildings of the 38 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 46 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 2,078 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 4 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202646 across the 38
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
46 Delaware Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 20251160 m
805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc.724192992 · Aug 20261371 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260389 m
410 Dovercourt Rd133193090 · Jul 20260431 m
34 Heydon Park Rd · Cogir Real Estate313192594 · Jul 20265449 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511485 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514486 m
394 Dovercourt Rd · McCor Management (East) Inc203192453 · Jul 20260495 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots772 lots · ≈20,520 spaces · 61.6 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈560 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 1,264 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 448 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking35 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface640 m4667% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface699 m7968% (Q1 2026)
157 Beatrice St · Surface720 m1864% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface725 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface802 m3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 21 m away, ≈18 spaces; 66 m away, ≈23 spaces; 101 m away, ≈10 spaces; 189 m away, ≈10 spaces; 225 m away, ≈4 spaces; 230 m away, ≈26 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (532 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (756 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (870 m, 4 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Sep 26, 2012

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 631 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 77 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 282 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 10% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (256). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north77southbound · 0 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the west416eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,509721 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east631westbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south385northbound · 0 bikes · 4.4% heavy
AM peak hour282 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour256 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 26, 2012

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Concord Ave between Lane 1 N of College and W of Ossington and Dewson St, 122 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Dewson St between Ossington Ave and Concord Ave measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Sep 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Concord Ave (190 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 32,260 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dewson St · Ossington Ave – Concord Ave · 52 mSep 2025 · 3 days1,70723 km/h30 km/h34 km/h
Concord Ave · Lane 1 N of College and W of Ossington – Dewson St · 122 mApr 2024 · 3 days98629 km/h38 km/h42 km/h

School-zone speed sign 190 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct18 · 26 km/h
Over the limit1.4%
40 km/h or more0.3%

Concord Ave (northbound), 31 Concord Avenue · 32,260 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 18, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4048 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only9
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2342 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201418latest Dec 18, 2024

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Seven thefts from vehicles and seven bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages; 86% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle700house driveway/garage (5), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft710house driveway/garage (6), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 26, 2023. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dewson & Concord a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Dewson & Concord?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 26, 2012, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dewson & Concord?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Concord Ave between Lane 1 N of College and W of Ossington and Dewson St (April 2024), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 190 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dewson & Concord?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (640 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 772 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,520 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (448 m).

How do I get to Dewson & Concord by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 635 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 312 m away; bus routes 63, 94, 161, 29, 402, 126, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dewson & Concord?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 351 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Finch Store (4 m), Dewson Street YMCA (31 m), All Is Well Cafe (276 m), Disco Ice Cream and Cookies (280 m) and Mayil Coffee (281 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Dewson & Concord?

The nearest is Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 155 Roxton Rd, 573 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom (587 m); Bickford Park Washroom (687 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Dewson & Concord?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,487 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dewson Street YMCA (133 m, 127 spaces), Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) (264 m, 149 spaces) and West End Jr YMCA (369 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dewson & Concord?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,078 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 46 Delaware Ave (160 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 805 College St (371 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 675 Dovercourt Rd (389 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 45) and 410 Dovercourt Rd (431 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 is 84 out of 100; 4 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Dewson & Concord?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Dewson & Concord in?

Dewson & Concord is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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